Sailer reviews Nim Chimpsky movie

AmCom movie critic Steve Sailer reviews the documentary "Nim Chimsky" over at TakiMag.While chimps and bonobos are interesting comparison studies of human behavior, the fact that we name them with cute names in order to remember anything about them should give us an answer as to the question raised by the subjects in the documentary. That is, the ability of chimps to acquire language ability like humans. If the researchers had really believed Nim would grow up to have language abilities, they would have named him something like Albert or Thomas and expected him to exhibit mature behaviors.

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Books for Nurses : reviews of "extracurricular" reading I think would be good for nurses and other health care workers. These should improve understanding of medicine and health care, help improve job skills, or change the way you think about health issues. For a complete listing of media reviews, see the library tag.

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